Description:Notes: At head of title: Smithsonian Institution. "Volume 55:1-584." "V. A. Funk" -- p. 7. Includes lists of alternate names of species ("Synonyms and Misidentifications"). Includes bibliographical references throughout, and indexes to genera and families." . . . includes the countries of Guyana and Surinam, French Guiana (a part of France) and the Venezuelan states of Amazonas, Bolivar, and Delta Amacuro. The checklist contains 257 vascular plant families with 13,367 species." -- from abstract p. [2].